The Durham Bulls and the Omaha Storm Chasers are coming to town. Durham won its fourth Governors' Cup championship since 2002 Saturday night, riding a combined two-hitter from Merril Kelly and three relievers for a 7-0 win over host and defending champion Pawt

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The Durham Bulls and the Omaha Storm Chasers are coming to town. Durham won its fourth Governors' Cup championship since 2002 Saturday night, riding a combined two-hitter from Merril Kelly and three relievers for a 7-0 win over host and defending champion Pawt

The talk that dated back to spring training was true. The Phillies were interested in Mike Fontenot, and before Friday's game, the club announced the signing of the utility infielder. GM Ruben Amaro Jr. was not available for comment Fontenot ...

Joe Thurston became the first victim of the Phillies infield shuffle. The Phillies released Thurston Monday to make room on the roster for utility infielder Mike Fontenot, who had been in extended spring training since signing as a minor league free agent on A

Cliff Lee's 10-inning gem the other night in San Francisco cost him a trip to the disabled list. Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro said Lee suffered an oblique strain on a 10th-inning pitch Wednesday night against the Giants. To replace Lee on the roster th

The bottom of the seventh inning here at Coca-Cola Park tonight took about as long as the first six-and-a-half innings combined. The Lehigh Valley IronPigs, trailing 1-0 entering the bottom of the seventh, sent 10 men to the plate and scored four times to take

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Dom Brown is not in the IronPigs starting lineup for Thursday's game with visiting Charlotte, one day after he left a game with the Knights in the sixth inning with a slight hamstring pull. However, both he and manager Ryne Sandberg said he could play if neede

If I was Mike Fontenot, I'm not sure I' would've been in a very good mood on the 90-minute bus ride from Indianapolis to Louisville Thursday afternoon. All he's done done since joining the IronPigs is hit .319 in 14 games, with six doubles and six RBIs. He's g

A shaky bullpen, which has been the focus the last three days, pitched three scoreless innings Friday. Antonio Bastardo faced the minimum in two innings and struck out three. Although he walked the first batter he face, he got a ...

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I've got three radio/TV/Web appearances coming up in the next two days. At 7:20 a.m. Wednesday, I'm jumping on WIP with Angelo Cataldi, Rhea Hughes and Co. Then at 5 p.m., I'll do a quick hit from the ball park ...

Michael Martinez's stay in an IronPigs uniform could be brief. Or, Pete Orr could be heading back down the Turnpke this morning. With yet another Phillie, infielder Freddy Galvis, heading to the disabled list with a lower back strain, either Martinez or Orr ar

The injury situation may have just gotten worse. Freddy Galvis left the game in the middle of an at-bat in the fifth inning. He was running down the line after fouling off a pitch and was clearly in pain. He ...

Even before Antonio Bastardo stepped on the mound, the outrage had started. It got worse with each passing moment. The boos began when Bastardo, on in relief of Cole Hamels, who was pulled after allowing one run on three hits ...

After calling Hector Luna back to the Phillies today when Carlos Ruiz was placed on the disabled list, the Phillies signed catcher/first baseman Jake Fox out of the Atlantic League and sent him to the IronPigs. Fox was originally hitting fourth as the designat